From Announcement To Arrival! A Look Back At Highlights Of Kate Middleton's Pregnancy

It’s been a very long nine months!

Since Buckingham Palace announced the exciting news of the royal baby-to-be back on December 3rd 2012 the world has been anxiously waiting the arrival—and he finally made his appearance on Monday July 22nd 2013.

It’s been a crazy journey to parenthood for Kate Middleton and Prince William and in a special photo feature OKMagazine.com is looking back at all the high and lows leading up to the birth of the future King of England!

Kate showed no obvious signs of pregnancy during an official visit to St Andrew's School on November 30, 2012 in Pangbourne, Berkshire, England—Just three days before the Palace announced the happy news!

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Poor Kate had to spend three days at the King Edward VII hospital during the early stages of her pregnancy as she battled hyperemesis gravidarum—more commonly known as extreme morning sickness!

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Kate looked the picture of health—and glowing pregnancy—when she was snapped viewing artist Paul Emsley's portrait of herself on January 11, 2013 at the national Portrait gallery in London, England.

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February and still no bump! Kate looked as slim as ever during her visit to Hope House, an Action on Addiction women's treatment centre on February 19, 2013 in London, England.

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Royal bump watchers were all a tizzy when there was still no obvious sign of a growing midsection during Kate's visit to the National Fishing Heritage Centre on March 5, 2013 in Grimsby, England.

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At last! Kate's teeny baby bump made his debut, clearly visible under her green coat as she attended a St Patrick's Day parade by the 1st Battalion Irish Guards on March 17, 2013 in Aldershot, England.

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Kate's bump went back undercover as she roughed it in jeans and wells for a visit to the Great Tower Scout camp on March 22, 2013 in Windermere, Cumbria, United Kingdom.

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Kate was a vision in red as she toured the Astute-class Submarine Building at BAE Systems on April 5, 2013 in Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom with hubby Wills.

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There he is! Kate's bump looked huge when she made a visit to Naomi House Children's Hospice on April 29, 2013 near Winchester, Hampshire, England.

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Kate looked like a really yummy mommy-to-be clad in a yellow dress during a Garden Party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace hosted by her grandmother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth II on May 22, 2013.

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Kate was polka dot pretty for a Royal Princess Cruise ship naming ceremony at Ocean Terminal on June 13, 2013 in Southampton, England.

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A glowing Kate was all smiles on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the annual Trooping the Color Ceremony on June 15, 2013 in London, England—it was her last public engagement before baby!